Facing-tile.



PATENTED "55526, 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 190:.

Application filed March 19, 1906. Serial No. 305,340.

To all whom it may concern: e I

Be it known that I, J AMES SYKns HUNTER, a citizen of, the UnitedStates, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Im rovements in Facing-Tiles, of which the folowing is a specification.

The walls. of bath-rooms, vestibules, and kitchens, as alsofireplace-fronts and other surfaces requirin a fireproof, sanitary,glazed, ornamenta or other finish, are generally covered with tile, thelatter being either of vitreous composition, sheet metal,

or other material enameled, painted, or

coated in any way, or left in its natural state, as may be required.Diliiculty has been experienced in preventing the tiles from looseningand dropping or moving so as to present an uneven surface.

This invention provides a novel interlocking joint, between the tilesthemselves and between said tiles and the cement, mortar, or

other ground, whereby relative movement or displacement of the tiles isobviated and the elements of the surface'the tilesso bonded and tied asto prevent individual loosening and falling away, thereby preserving thecontinuity or evenness of surface which is a desideratum. The joints areso formed as to interlock with a sliding movement both as regards thetiles one with the other and with the cement or other ground, the tilesbang flanged and provided with matching in tcrlo cking rojections attheir edges.

T 1e invention consists, essentially, of a tile, preferably of sheetmetal, flanged at its edges for strength and to secure anchorage in themortar or other like ground and having matching projections of peculiarform to interlock with one another and with the ground.

The invention also consists of having the peculiarly-formed matchingprojections provided with 'a novel arrangement of sto )S which formlocking elements to secure t e tiles after being slipped together, so asto prevent their pulling apart when subjected to strain in an oppositedirection to the sliding movement employed to place the tile together.

The invention further consists of the novel features, detailsofconstruction, and combination of parts, which hereinafter will bemorefully described, illustrated, and finally claimed. V

In the accompanying drawings, forming a invention. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective.

View of a molding and a series of tiles as seen from the roan-the samebeing arranged as they will appear on a surface. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection on the line as m of Fig. 2.

. Fig. at is a vertical section on the line a a of :Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a.detail view showing the manner of securing interlocked projections bymeans of the stops or look elements. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective viewof a modification. Fig.7 is a 'detaiL gieW of a portion of two tiles ofthe form shown in Fig. 6, the same being separated.

Corresponding and like parts. are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The tile 1 may be of any shape and size and formed of sheet material,metal being preferred, its general outline being rectangular to admit ofthe edges abutting to form an unbroken surface. The surface of the tilemay be plain or finished in any manner according to any design and maybe enameled or coated,

if desired.

The present invention deals most especially with sheet-metal tiling,which may be manufactured in the accustomcd'manner or in any wayirrespective of the design and iinish, since the invention relateschiefly to the interlocking means between the tiles and between them andthe mortar or ground. The four edges of each tile are bent or flangedfor the threefold purpose of giving strength, to provide anchorage, andto insure ample abutting ed es to prevent anypossible slipping. The entor flanged edges may proect from the body of the tile at a right angleor at any desired angle. In the preferable structure the tile is oblongand the rent portions at the short edges, are the end flanges 2,

whereas the bent portions at the long edges are the longitudinal flanges3. The end flanges are formed with projections 5 and 6,

which have a staggered or alternate arrangement and are outwardly bent,so as to match or interlock when a series of tiles are placed togetherand form a key for the mortar or ground. The longitudinal flanges 3 haveprojections 10 and 11. The projections 10 at one edge of a tile are theplane of the flange 3, whereas the projections 11 at the opposite edgeare at a right angle to the flange 3 with their ends 12 curved or in-Lil projections face in an opposite direction to the slots in the endsof the projections 11 to admit of slipping the projections together toeffect their interlocking, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2. The outerrear corner of the i flanges 10 is bent to provide a stop or lockingelement 4, and the terminal of the deflected ends 12 of the projections11 is bent to con stitute a stop or locking element 7 to engage over theextremity of the stop 4 and form a lock therewith to prevent pullingapart of the tiles when slipped together. The deflected ends 12 areyielding and are repressed when riding on the stops 4, during theslipping of the tiles together. When the inner ends of the slots of theprojections come to gether, the stops 7 clear the stops 4; and springoutward by the action of the parts 12 and enga e over the said stops 4,and thereby form locking means to hold the tiles together, as will bereadily appreciated.

In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7 projections 8, extended fromone flange 3, are provided near their juncture with the flange withslots 30 to receive matching projections 13 of the adjacent tile. A stop14 is pressed from each projection 13 to pass through a notch 15 orenlargement of the slot 30 and interlock with the projection 8 upongiving the tiles an'endwise movement, which tends to throw the stop 14out of register with the notch 15. The wings 8 have spurs 9 to affordadditional keying means.

The molding or cap-piece 16 may be of any design and is langediat itsedges at 17 and 18 to secure an anchorage in, the mortar. The lower edge18 is provided with projections 11 in a manner similar to an edge 3 of atile,'so as to match and interlock with the upper flange of the topmosttiles. Strips 19 are located at intervals in the length of the moldingto brace the same and are formed with anchoring-spurs 20 to assist theparts 1. 18, and if) in securing the molding in place. The strips 1%)are preferably an integral part of the molding and are bent from oneedge and engaged at the opposite edge thereof by means of lips 21, outfrom the flange l8 and lrent in an opposite direction thereto. the endsof the strips 19 being slightly hent'to engage under the lips 21.

The shoe 22 may be of any design and is flanged at its upper edge andprovided with projections 10 to interlock with the projections 11 of thelower course of tiles and is provided with strips 23, having spurs 24,similar to the strips .10. The strips 23 are bent at their lower endsand riveted or otherwise secured to the shoe 22.

. The wall 25 or other surface to be tiled is coated with motor, cement,or like material to form a ground 26, upon which the tiles are placed inthe usual manner and secured both by the'flanges, the projections, andby the adhesive action between the ground and the surface of the tiles,the flanges and projections becoming embedded in the ground. Theinterlocking of the oints is eilccted by a relative sliding movement ofthe tiles, as will be readily understood.

1 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Atile having matching interlocking projections at opposite edges, andhaving a portion of one or more of said projections deflected to providean inclined portion to opera'te by a wedging action on a ground ofmortar when sliding the tiles to place.

2. A tile having opposite edges bent at a right angle to provideabutting flanges, and

having matching interlocking projections.

extended from the edges of the flanges and oppositely inclined tooperate by a Wedging action on a mortar ground when sliding a number oftiles to place.

3. A tile having matching interlocking projections at opposite edges,one of the projections being in a plane about parallel with the tile andspaced therefrom except at the connecting edge, and the other projectionextending at a right angle from the tile, corresponding projections of anumber of tiles interlocking by a sliding movement and the one crossingthe other.

4. A tile having matching projections at opposite edges, each projectionhaving a slot extended therein, the slots of correspondingprojectionsfacing in oppositedirections to admit of interlocking of matchingprojections of adjacent tiles by a sliding movement.

5. A tile having matching projections at opposite edges, each projectionhaving a slot extended therein, the slots of corresponding projectionsfacing in opposite directions to admit of interlocking of matchingprojections of adjacent tiles by a sliding movement, one of theprojections having the portion separated by the slot inclined to operateon a mortar ground by a wedging action.

6. A tile having matching projections at opposite edges, each projectionhaving a slot extended therein, the slots ol" corresponding projectionsfacing in opposite directions to admit of interlocking of matchingprojections of adjacent tiles by a sliding movement, and r-in'iici'ating lock members at the extremities of the parts of tho'irojcctio'ns separated by the slots to prevent separation of the tileswhen properly placed. together.

7'. A tile having matching projections at opposite edges, eachprojection having a slot ext-ended therein, the slots of correspondingprojections facing in opposite directions to admit of interlocking ofmatching projections ting of a number of tiles interlocking both by 9. Asheet-metal tile having abutting. edge of adjacent tiles by a slidingmovement, one flanges and interlocking projections exof the projectionshaving the portion sepatended from the flanges, matching flanges ratedby the slot inclined and terminating in having inclined portions to actupon the a stop to form'a lock member, and the matchmortar or ground bya Wedging movement. ing projection having a corresponding lock Intestimony whereof I have signed my member at its end, the constructionadmittWo subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES SYKES HUNTER. [n 5.] Witnesses: v

H. CHADWICK HUNTER, J. D. YOAKLEY.

a sliding and a snap action.

8. A tiled surface having a finishing-piece provided with stripsconnecting opposite eged portions and having anchoring-spurs.

name to this specification in the presence of

